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  • BREAKING: Dinosaur Queen Escapes Grainger Tower

    BREAKING: Dinosaur Queen Escapes Grainger Tower

    By Chase Chapley

    The Dinosaur Queen has escaped Grainger Tower, riding her rocket-powered Allosaurus.  She was headed southwest, and Adonis is in pursuit.

    I’m only hearing second-hand accounts, but I can see a visible smoke trail coming out of the top of Grainger Tower, which turned back to its normal architecture once Dinosaur Queen left.  She must be desperate now.  She has clearly lost.

    Her troops on the ground have panicked, and the pterodactyls tried in vain to catch up with her.  They will probably still fight back, so stay away until the U.S. Army and Peace Force subdue them.

    More to come…

  • BREAKING: Blue Light Gone

    BREAKING: Blue Light Gone

    By Chase Chapley

    BREAKING NEWS:  the blue light emanating from Grainger Tower has disappeared.

    I’m also getting word that the U.S. Army and Navy are moving into New Romford and Winston Bay.  Their first objective is presumably to end the Dinosaur Queen’s incursion, and then assist anyone they can.  Considering the weaponry of the Dino Army, which consists of mostly spears and being large ferocious dinosaurs, the battle shouldn’t last long.

    More to come…

  • Morning, Still Dinosaurs

    Morning, Still Dinosaurs

    By Chase Chapley

    We didn’t get much sleep last night.  I couldn’t get comfortable, and neither could most of the people here.  We’re just not used to sleeping in our dinosaur bodies.  Even so, my colleagues and I thanked our hosts and decided to leave before breakfast.  It felt like no one else slept well either, and we didn’t want to intrude anymore than we already had.

    There was an eerie calm out on the streets.  We didn’t see the Dino Army anywhere, but perhaps we had strayed beyond their perimeter.  There were people out, but some had apparently just slept in the streets themselves.  A large 100-foot long dinosaur blocked an intersection, so we had to double back around the block to get around him (or her).  When we began circling the block, we ran into a Dino Army T-Rex on patrol.  Ducking into an alleyway, we waited until he passed us by and then continued.

    We didn’t have a plan in mind.  One of my colleagues started talking only in grunts, and I found myself twitching my head around faster than normal and trying to scratch the cement with my talons.  Further down the street, it was clear that other people were changing as well.  People are either roaring and snapping at each other or eating the leaves off of trees and small window plants.  It feels like we’re growing into dinosaurs from the inside now.

    Then we turned another corner, and suddenly, there were hundreds of Dino Army officers walking down 16th Avenue, heading towards Grainger Tower.  Something is starting to happen.  There was a lull in the action after the Peace Force entered the Tower and the blue light flashed over our heads.  Did the Peace Force get captured or worse?  If they can’t help us, then who can?

  • Explosion Heard from Grainger Tower

    Explosion Heard from Grainger Tower

    By Chase Chapley

    Maybe ten minutes after the blue light emanated from Grainger Tower, an explosion came from that same building or somewhere near it.

    The blue light is still there, but I can clearly see a plume of smoke rising from that general direction.  The Dino Army seems to be frantically talking about something, and a general T-Rex is sending a raptor away, probably to ascertain what just happened.

    People near me are hopeful that it’s the Peace Force breaking through some barrier, possibly even freeing themselves assuming they were captured.  But the optimism is hushed.  News of the 24th St riot has spread.

    More to come…

  • Blue Light Emanating from Tower

    Blue Light Emanating from Tower

    towerwebBy Chase Chapley

    Now, the Grainger Tower is emitting a strange blue light.

    So far, I have not experienced any new changes to my body or mind, and neither has anyone around me.  Dinosaur Queen’s magic “Dino-Ray” was largely colorless, and it moved in and around buildings.  But this light is moving from the top of the tower into the sky, and then spread out in a circle.  It looked like it was creating a dome over the city.

    This looks like a force field.  I’ve seen other madmen use a similar blue energy as force fields before, and given the fluidity of the “Dino-Ray” near the edge of the city, it would make sense if it were.  The Dinosaur Queen would want to keep everyone inside and keep out any interlopers.

    The real question is why she didn’t activate this sooner.  Either she didn’t have the equipment set up right away, or someone stopped it from activating.  Whatever the reason, it’s safe to say we’re staying put.

  • Riot Breaks Out on 24th Street

    Riot Breaks Out on 24th Street

    By Chase Chapley

    A riot broke out on 24th Street moments after five members of the Peace Force flew overhead to Grainger Tower.

    When people cheered for the Peace Force, the atmosphere was jubilant and rowdy.  Several people taunted the Dino Army raptors and T-Rexes, which led to an altercation.  They started fighting, and people joined in against the Army.  More raptors and T-Rexes entered the fray and further escalated into a riot.

    Hundreds of people poured into the street and began attacking the Dino Army.  A pair of brachiosauruses was called in and quickly leveled everyone and everything in their way with a few sweeps of their gigantic armored tails.  This destroyed the fronts of several buildings and even broke the pavement underneath their feet.

    People jumped onto the brachiosauruses and attempted to bite into their sides.  A few managed to bite them, but they were easily brushed off.  When they shook the people free from their backs, the brachiosauruses began stomping on the people.

    More of the Dino Army entered the riot, this time from the sky, dropping small explosives onto the people.  This eventually dispersed the crowd.  The Army, now with space to move, viciously assaulted any and everyone in their paths.  The people began to retreat once a Dino Army T-Rex ripped out the throat of another (human) T-Rex.  The raptors swarmed the remaining masses, and the riot died down after nearly 30 minutes of mayhem.

    I don’t have the words to describe what I just saw.  Many people just died.  I won’t even speculate how many.  The worst part was how easily the Dino Army won this battle.  They were clearly outnumbered.  It didn’t matter.  They overpowered us, and people died.

    Do not engage the Dino Army for any reason.  Find somewhere safe and stay there.  We can only hope that the Peace Force can end this madness.

  • Peace Force Seen Flying to Grainger Tower

    Peace Force Seen Flying to Grainger Tower

    By Chase Chapley

    Moments ago, members of the Peace Force, who were also transformed into dinosaurs, flew over Downtown and entered Grainger Tower.

    At first, I thought I was seeing things when a dinosaur flew overhead.  It seemed like a pterodactyl or some other flying dinosaur.  But it didn’t have wings.  It went so fast that I didn’t get a good look at it.  I asked a colleague who was standing next to me if he saw it, too.  We both agreed that we saw something, but today being what it was, who could say exactly what.

    Then we saw four more wingless dinosaurs fly overhead, and then it was clear.  This was the Peace Force.  Five of them at least.  One of them was glowing yellow, so maybe that was Cloud Walker.  It’s impossible to tell who was who, but it was clear that the Peace Force was taking the fight to the Dinosaur Queen.

    Everyone in my vicinity cheered, the happiest they had been all day.  I must admit to being relieved as well.  It had been hours since we were all transformed, and if we non-powered humans could move around just fine, then surely the Peace Force could as well.  I wonder if the Dinosaur Queen did something to trap them.

    But as soon as the crowd cheered, the Dino Army started harassing us.  A few shoves and snarls here and there mostly, but now, I can hear a fight underway one block away from me.  About three or four people are in an altercation with several Dino Army raptors and a T-Rex.  This feels like a riot is about to break out.

    More to come.